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unsettled

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un·set·tled  (n-stld)
adj.
1. Not in a state of order or calmness; disturbed: these unsettled times.
2. Likely to change or vary; variable: unsettled weather.
3.
a. Not determined or resolved: an unsettled issue.
b. Uncertain or doubtful: were still unsettled with respect to their future plans.
4. Not paid or adjusted; outstanding: an unsettled bill.
5. Not populated; uninhabited: unsettled territory.
6. Not fixed or established: an unsettled lifestyle.

unsettled
Adjective
1. lacking order or stability: an unsettled time
2. disturbed and restless: your child will feel unsettled and insecure
3. constantly changing or moving from place to place: his wandering unsettled life
4. (of an argument or dispute) not resolved
5. (of a debt or bill) not yet paid
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unsettledunsettled - still in doubt; "an unsettled issue"; "an unsettled state of mind"
settled - established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night"
2.unsettledunsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"
settled - established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization"
3.unsettledunsettled - subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other"
variable - liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"
4.unsettledunsettled - not yet settled; "unsettled territory"
uninhabited - not having inhabitants; not lived in; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses"

unsettled
adjective 5. owing, due, outstanding, pending, payable, in arrears
Translations
Spanish unsettled [ʌnˈsɛtld] adjinquieto; [situation] → inestable; [weather] → variable
French unsettled [ʌnˈsɛtld] adj (= restless) → perturbé(e) (= unpredictable); instable; incertain(e) (= not finalized); non résolu(e)
German unsettled [ʌnˈsɛtld] adj [person] → unruhig; [future] → unsicher; [question] → ungeklärt; [weather] → unbeständig
Italian unsettled [ʌnˈsɛtld] adj [person, future] → incerto/a; [question] → non risolto/a; [weather, market] → instabile;
to feel unsettled → sentirsi disorientato/a

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His fancies had for the most part revolved about the unsettled political conditions of Henry's reign, for from these he felt he might wrest that opportunity which could be turned to his own personal uses and to the harm, and possibly the undoing, of the King.
But a home have I found nowhere: unsettled am I in all cities, and decamping at all gates.
Some of the strange questions put to me by the woman in white, after my ill-considered promise to leave her free to act as she pleased, had suggested the conclusion either that she was naturally flighty and unsettled, or that some recent shock of terror had disturbed the balance of her faculties.
 
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